Increasing Achievement and Growth Grant (aka: SPED Literacy Grant) Summary
The goal of this grant is to improve student achievement in literacy for
our students with disabilities in grades K-3 thus decreasing the
achievement gap between students with disabilities and their peers. The
major strategies and activities proposed to reach this goal include:
1) Collaboration & Ongoing PD Support
- Literacy Grant Coordinator (Beth Melton)
- Regional Literacy Committee (RLC) (Click here to get to RLC Resources)
- School or District Literacy Leads
2) Professional Development
- Brain Research (increase teacher understanding of the neurological processes causing reading disabilities)
- Multi-sensory Methodology (Orton Gillingham and/or Wilson)
- Dual-concept Theory (Lindamood Bell trainings including Seeing Stars and Visualizing/Verbalizing)
- iPad Literacy Interventions
3) Home Literacy
- Professional Development in Home Literacy Curriculum (Motheread)
- Parent Literacy Classes (two 8 week parent literacy classes each year in each district- budget includes stipends for teachers to lead these classes)
4) Technology Integration
- iPads for assessment and intervention
- Amplify Insight (platform for DIBELS Next administration and data analysis)
Total Award: $1,053,710 over three years
All NW BOCES districts are participating in this grant: East Grand,
West Grand, North Park, South Routt, Steamboat Springs, Hayden, and
Moffat. Thank you to the Colorado Department of Education for awarding
us this opportunity.